Donald McNichol Sutherland (July 17, 1935 – June 20, 2024) was a Canadian actor whose film career spanned over 6 decades. He was nominated for eight Golden Globe Awards, winning two for his performances in the television films Citizen X (1995) and Path to War (2002); the former also earned him a Primetime Emmy Award. An inductee of the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Canadian Walk of Fame, he also received a Canadian Academy Award for the drama film Threshold (1981). Multiple film critics and media outlets have cited him as one of the best actors never to have received an Academy Award nomination. In 2017, he received an Academy Honorary Award for his contributions to cinema. In 2021, he won the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Movie/Miniseries for his work in the HBO miniseries The Undoing (2020). Sutherland rose to fame after starring in films including The Dirty Dozen (1967), M*A*S*H (1970), Kelly's Heroes (1970), Klute (1971), Don't Look Now (1973), Fellini's Casanova (1976), 1900 (1976), The Eagle Has Landed (1976), Animal House (1978), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), Ordinary People (1980), and Eye of the Needle (1981). He later went on to star in many other films where he appeared either in leading or supporting roles such as A Dry White Season (1989), JFK (1991), Outbreak (1995), A Time to Kill (1996), The Assignment (1997), Without Limits (1998), Big Shot's Funeral (2001), The Italian Job (2003), Cold Mountain (2003), Pride & Prejudice (2005), Aurora Borealis (2006) and The Hunger Games franchise (2012–2015). He was the father of actors Kiefer Sutherland, Rossif Sutherland, and Angus Sutherland.
The World Is Watching: Making the Hunger Games
(Self (President Coriolanus Snow))
Surviving the Game: Making The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(Self (President Coriolanus Snow))
Don't Look Now
(John Baxter)
Klute
(John Klute)
Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
(Dr. Cid (voice))
M*A*S*H
(Hawkeye Pierce)
An American Haunting
(John Bell)
A Time to Kill
(Lucien Wilbanks)
The Dirty Dozen
(Vernon Pinkley)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
(Merrick Jamison-Smythe)
JFK
(X)
Cold Mountain
(Reverend Monroe)
Max Dugan Returns
(Brian Costello)
Reign Over Me
(Richter Raines)
Ask the Dust
(Hellfrick)
1900
(Attila Mellanchini)
Backdraft
(Ronald Bartel)
Pride & Prejudice
(Mr. Bennet)
Eye of the Needle
(Faber)
Five Moons Plaza
(Rosario Sarracino)
Billion Dollar Brain
(Scientist at Computer)
Mr. Harrigan's Phone
(Mr. Harrigan)
Panic
(Michael)
Space Cowboys
(Jerry O`Neill)
The Day of the Locust
(Homer Simpson)
Uprising
(Adam Czerniaków)
The Eagle Has Landed
(Liam Devlin)
Path to War
(Clark Clifford)
Free Money
(Judge Rausenberg)
The Art of War
(Douglas Thomas)
Without Limits
(Bill Bowerman)
The First Great Train Robbery
(Robert Agar)
Kelly's Heroes
(Sgt. Oddball (tank commander))
Six Degrees of Separation
(Flan)
The Kentucky Fried Movie
(The Clumsy Waiter (segment "That's Armageddon"))
Outbreak
(General Donald McClintock)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
(Matthew Bennell)
The Split
(Dave Negli)
Animal House
(Dave Jennings)
Armed and Deadly: The Making of 'The Dirty Dozen'
(Self)
Fool's Gold
(Nigel Honeycutt)
Instinct
(Ben Hillard)
A Dry White Season
(Ben du Toit)
Disclosure
(Bob Garvin)
The Puppet Masters
(Andrew Nivens)
Fallen
(Lt. Stanton)
Virus
(Captain Robert Everton)
Natural Enemy
(Ted Robards)
Citizen X
(Col. Mikhail Fetisov)
Puffball
(Lars)
Alex in Wonderland
(Alex Morrison)
Little Murders
(Rev. Dupas)
Lock Up
(Warden Drumgoole)
Revolution
(Sgt. Maj. Peasy)
The Mechanic
(Harry McKenna)
The Italian Job
(John Bridger)
Dr. Terror's House of Horrors
(Bob Carroll)
Murder by Decree
(Robert Lees)
Beerfest
(Johann von Wolfhaus (uncredited))
Aurora Borealis
(Ronald Shorter)
S*P*Y*S
(Bruland)
The Castle of the Living Dead
(Sgt. Paul / The Witch / The Old Man)
Heaven Help Us
(Brother Thadeus)
Benefit of the Doubt
(Frank)
Fellini's Casanova
(Giacomo Casanova)
Fanatic
(Joseph)
The Con Artist
(Kranski)
American Gun
(Carl Wilk)
Lost Angels
(Dr. Charles Loftis)
Shadow Conspiracy
(Jacob Conrad)
Johnny Got His Gun
(Christ)
Bear Island
(Frank Lansing)
Astro Boy
(General Stone (voice))
Ordinary People
(Calvin Jarrett)
Sir! No Sir!
(Self)
The Hunley
(Gen. Pierre G.T. Beauregard)
The Spiral
(Narrator (English version) (voice))
Shadow of the Wolf
(Henderson)
The Bedford Incident
(Hospitalman Nerney - Sick Bay)
Blood Relatives
(Carella)
The Eagle
(Aquila)
The Assignment
(Jack Shaw / Henry Fields)
The Big Heist
(Jimmy Burke)
The Man on the Train
(The Professor)
Ozi: Voice of the Forest
(Crocodile (voice))
Horrible Bosses
(Jack Pellit)
Fierce People
(Ogden C. Osborne)
Start the Revolution Without Me
(Charles / Pierre)
The Hunger Games
(President Coriolanus Snow)
Jock the Hero Dog
(Narrator / Sir Percy Fitzpatrick (voice))
Dinosaurs: Giants of Patagonia
(Narrator (voice))
A Man, a Woman and a Bank
(Reese Halperin)
End of the Game
(Corpse of Lt. Robert Schmied (uncredited))
Steelyard Blues
(Jesse Veldini)
Hollow Point
(Garrett Lawton)
Joanna
(Lord Peter Sanderson)
Big Shot's Funeral
(Tyler)
Crackers
(Westlake)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
(President Coriolanus Snow)
Scream of Stone
(Ivan)
Apprentice to Murder
(John Reese)
Dawn Rider
(Pop)
Ordeal by Innocence
(Dr. Arthur Calgary)
The Rosary Murders
(Father Robert Koesler)
For the Love of Spock
(Matthew Bennell (archive footage))
The Best Offer
(Billy)
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That
(Self)
Kate Bush: Sensual World
(Self (archive footage))
Assassin's Bullet
(Ambassador Ashdown)
The Trouble with Spies
(Appleton Porter)
Act of the Heart
(Father Michael Ferrier)
Fellini nel cestino
(Self)
The Disappearance
(Jay Mallory)
Quicksand: No Escape
(Murdoch)
Jappeloup
(John Lester)
The Wolf at the Door
(Paul Gauguin)
Fellini: I'm a Born Liar
(Self - Casanova)
The Lifeforce Experiment
(Dr. 'Mac' MacLean)
Buster's Bedroom
(O'Connor)
The Sunshine Patriot
(Benedeck)
Miranda's Victim
(Judge Wren)
Interlude
(Lawrence)
Threshold
(Dr. Thomas Vrain)
Nothing Personal
(Roger Keller)
Hamlet at Elsinore
(Fortinbras)
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
(William Marsden)
Sebastian
(Ackerman)
Basmati Blues
(Gurgon)
The Calling
(Father Price)
Land of the Blind
(Thorne)
Younger and Younger
(Jonathan Younger)
Baltic Storm
(Lou Aldryn)
Eminent Domain
(Josef Borski)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1
(President Coriolanus Snow)
Bethune: The Making of a Hero
(Dr. Norman Bethune)
Lady Ice
(Andy Hammon)
Reach For The Stars
(Self)
Pirate's Passage
(Captain Charles Johnson (voice))
Red Hot
(Kirov)
Enlisted: The Story of 'M*A*S*H'
(Self)
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2
(President Coriolanus Snow)
Trumbo
(Self)
FTA
(Self)
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
(Self (archive footage))
The Hunger Games: Letters From The Rose Garden
(Self)
Nicolas Roeg: It's About Time...
(Self)
Alien Thunder
(Sgt. Dan Candy)
Forsaken
(Rev. Clayton)
The Winter of Our Discontent
(Ethan Hawley)
Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows
(Self)
Sleepwalkers
(Businessman struck by a taxi)
Behind the Mask
(Dr. Bob Shushan)
Fellini dice...
(Self)
Measure of a Man
(Dr. Kahn)
Milton's Secret
(Grandpa Howard)
Point and Shoot
(Man)
A War Story
(Narrator (voice))
North China Factory
(Narrator (voice))
Bethune
(Dr. Norman Bethune)
The Eastmans
(Dr. Charles Eastman)
The Leisure Seeker
(John Spencer)
Promise Her Anything
(Autograph Seeking Father (uncredited))
Oedipus the King
(Chorus Leader)
Days of Darkness
(Donald Sutherland)
The Railway Station Man
(Roger Hawthorne)
Gas
(Nick the Noz)
The Setting Sun
(John Williams)
The Burnt Orange Heresy
(Jerome Debney)
The Cinema According to Bertolucci
(Self)
The Poky Little Puppy's First Christmas
(Narrator (voice))
American Hangman
(Judge Straight)
Operation Dirty Dozen
(Self (uncredited))
Backdraft 2
(Ronald Bartel)
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
(Narrator (voice))
'Klute' in New York
(Self)
The Mockingjay Lives: The Making of the Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
(Self (President Coriolanus Snow))
People of the Forest: The Chimps of Gombe
(Narrator (voice))
Alone
(Edward)
La Classe américaine
(Assassin (archive footage) (uncredited))
Ad Astra
(Thomas Pruitt)
Stonehenge: Decoded
(Narrator (voice))
The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
(Narrator (voice))
The Mighty River
(Narrator (English Version) (voice))
The Magic of Fellini
(Self (archive footage))
The Physics of Sorrow
((additional voice))
Moonfall
(Holdenfield)
Lord of War
(Colonel Oliver Southern (voice))
Abicinema
(Self)
A Reindeer's Journey
(Narrator (English Version) (voice))
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Cloudbusting
(William Reich)
Night of 100 Stars
(Self)
Inside the Actors Studio
(Self)
The Simpsons
(Hollis Hurlbut (voice))
The View
(Self)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
(Self - Guest)
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
(Self - Guest)
Gideon's Way
(Philip Guest)
The Avengers
(Jessel)
History vs. Hollywood
(Self)
Commander in Chief
(Nathan Templeton)
Dirty Sexy Money
(Patrick "Tripp" Darling III)
The Saint
(John Wood)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
(Ethan Hawley)
The Champions
(David Crayley)
The Sentimental Agent
(Hotel Clerk)
Human Trafficking
(Agent Bill Meehan)
Man in a Suitcase
(Willard)
The Oscars
(Self)
Studio Four
(Switchboard Operator)
The Pillars of the Earth
(Earl Bartholomew)
Moby Dick
(Father Mapple)
Crossing Lines
(Michael Dorn)
Man in a Suitcase
(Keith Earle)
Frankenstein
(Captain Walton)
The Saint
(Jim McCleery)
Treasure Island
(Captain Flint)
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
(Judge Isaac Parker)
America's Game: The Super Bowl Champions
(Narrator (voice))
Swimming with Sharks
(Redmond)
The Graham Norton Show
(Self)
JFK: Destiny Betrayed
(Self - Narrator (voice))
Ice
(Pieter Van De Bruin)
American Experience
(Narrator (voice))
Trust
(J. Paul Getty Sr.)
The Name of the Game
(Jerry Trevor)
Salem's Lot
(Richard Straker)
Queen Victoria's Empire
(Narrator (voice))
Spécial cinéma
(Self)
Scene by Scene
(Self)
The Undoing
(Franklin Reinhart)
Honest Trailers
(Coriolanus Snow / Self (archive footage))
The Frame
(President Coriolanus Snow)
Honest Trailers
(President Coriolanus Snow (archive footage))
Romy Award
(Self)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
(Self)
BBC Play of the Month
(Charles Givens)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All
(William Marsden)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
(Self)
The Mike Douglas Show
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Nominee)
Backstory
(Self)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Presenter)
Golden Globe Awards
(Self - Winner)